The two former England skippers are not happy with Jonny Bairstow not getting selected for the first two Test matches against India from February 5.
Vaughan had earlier predicted that India will be whitewashed 4-0 in the Test series after the visitors lost the first Test in Adelaide by eight wickets.
Vaughan tweeted that Shastri deserves a lot of credit for making the team believe that it can compete after skipper Virat Kohli's departure.
Vaughan came down heavily on Smith for the incident saying that the former Oz skipper has let his team down again by scuffing off Rishabh Pant's guard.
Former India batsman VVS Laxman also heaped praise on Gill and said that the young lad has a 'very bright' future across all three formats of the game.
The Brisbane Test is due to start on January 15 and the quarantine rules will confine the players to just their hotel rooms after each day's play.
Ahead of the much-awaited four-Test series starting from December 17th with the pink-ball Test, former England captain Michael Vaughan has picked Australia as favourites to clinch the Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
Vaughan feels that the pink ball Test will be the key to the contest in the impending Border-Gavaskar series that kicks off from December 17 onwards at the Adelaide.
Michael Vaughan has predicted big things for the Indian cricketer, saying that he could be the next "global superstar" from India after MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli.
The Indian team's decision to bring in Chahal for Jadeja also irked Australia head coach Justin Langer, who was spotted arguing with the match referee, David Boon.
Jadeja endured a blow on his helmet in the final over of the first innings, leading to Chahal's inclusion in the squad for the second innings.
Maxwell had an abysmal stint in the UAE where he scored just 108 runs from 13 games for the Punjab-based outfit.
Former England captain Michael Vaughan says that Kohli is really popular among today's youth and his 15 years old son is no different.
India lost to Australia by 66 runs at the Sydney Cricket Ground after the hosts scored 374 for six in their 50 overs.
India made a disastrous start to the tour with a 66-run loss against Australia in the opening ODI but more importantly looked out of sorts as a unit.
This was their fifth title, all under captain Rohit Sharma, in eight seasons, making them one of the most dominating T20 sides in world cricket at the moment, as hailed by most experts.
Maintaining his 100 per cent captaincy record in the finals, Rohit steered MI to their consecutive title win.
Vaughan though supports Kohli for prioritising family before cricket, but feels that his absence will only make Aussies the favourite to reclaim the Border-Gavaskar series.
"Definitely not," replied the CSK skipper at the toss when asked by Danny Morrison if the match against Punjab was his last in the yellow jersey.
Samuels had insulted Stokes' wife on his Instagram account and said that he had a "superior skin tone" to him.
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